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December 9, 2025
ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, show will return Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network…
December 9, 2025
1900 pounds of ganja valuing $5.7m seized in St Thomas
Investigators assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) of the police force seized more than 1900 pounds of ganja during an operation in Dumfries, St Thomas on Sunday. The…
December 9, 2025
'Shooter' wanted for murder
Detectives assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division have listed 37-year-old Samuel Brown, otherwise known as Shooter or Mark, of Four Forty Drive, Kingston 11, as wanted for the murder of…
December 9, 2025
Toddler electrocuted in Westmoreland
A pall of gloom now hangs over a Westmoreland community where a three-year-old boy was electrocuted at his home. The police have identified him as Tamani Flemmings of Nile district, Westmoreland. …
December 9, 2025
Jamaican man deported by US to Eswatini back home, says Johnson Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith says the Jamaican man who was deported by the US to Eswatini is now back home in Jamaica. Orville Etoria, was deported to Eswatini in July and held…
December 9, 2025
Philanthropist Philip Wong donates US$1m to YMCA aquatic centre, gym in Miami
Renowned businessman and philanthropist Philip H. Wong, CEO of the Deltan Group of Companies, has once again demonstrated his commitment to community development with a US$1 million donation to the…
December 9, 2025
Primary and high schools benefit from back-to-school shoe drive
The back-to-school Kicker’s Club Shoe Drive, which has been undertaken for the past few years as a joint venture between the Friends of Porus (FOP) and Give Back Jamaica Inc (GBJ), continues to…
December 9, 2025
by Leon Jackson
STEA embarking on major reforestation ecotourism, development initiative
Western Bureau: The South Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) has forged a J$34-million partnership with the Belgium-based TUI Care Foundation, which will foster a major reforestation eco-tourism…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
‘Duke of Earle’ urges diaspora to deepen ties in Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Bevan Earle, popularly know as the ‘Duke of Earl’ in South Florida, where he hosts a successful radio show, is calling for Jamaica’s diaspora to hold on to their Jamaican roots by…